Movie Review: War Room

I'm going to review the Christian film War Room. War Room has been promoted among Christian circles for a few weeks leading up to Friday's movie release. I saw it Saturday morning and wasn't disappointed. The movie was 2 hours, but it was worth it. The theme of the movie is that prayer is a powerful weapon. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan have it all—great jobs, a beautiful daughter, and their dream house. Appearances can be deceiving; Tony and Elizabeth Jordan’s world is crumbling under the strain of a failing marriage. This couple was attacked on all fronts by Satan: The only communication Tony and Elizabeth Jordan had was when they were fighting. They both threw shade at each other, and at times they wouldn't say one word to each other even though they lived in the same house. Watching the movie, you can sense the friction between Tony & Elizabeth Jordan.

Their daughter senses the tension between them and as she's talking with her friend Jennifer, Elizabeth overhears her daughter wishing her parents could learn how to love each other again. Tony's not only treating his wife like an enemy, but he's acting distant towards his daughter. Kids know when their parents are acting funny towards each other: Less interaction than usual, one or both parents throwing shade at each other, or in worst cases, open warfare between each other. An older woman looks into buying another home and Elizabeth is her realtor. What starts off as a showcase, turns into a friendship between Elizabeth and this older woman. The older woman gets Elizabeth to open up about her marriage, and as soon as she starts venting about how bad her husband is, the elderly woman stops her dead in her tracks and asks her: What about you?

The elderly woman causes Elizabeth to work on herself instead of trying to fix her husband. Under the woman's guidance, Elizabeth does her fighting in prayer and as soon as she does, she starts seeing changes in herself and her husband. Elizabeth's daughter shares a prayer room with her mother, and there's a scene of them praying together in the prayer room. Tony Jordan gets real with God and confesses his sins. He goes on a dinner date with an attractive colleague, and as they're talking, Tony gets an uneasy feeling and goes to the bathroom to clear his head. He can't go through with cheating on his wife, so he cuts the relationship off. He comes home one evening and decides to confess to his wife that he almost slept with another woman, and breaks down during his confession. 

Once Elizabeth takes her hands off her husband, God begins to work on their marriage and at the end of the movie, the husband pampers his wife via a sundae and foot rub. Prayer changes things. I enjoyed War Room, and plan on seeing it again.